Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



r L. W. TURNER.

Stove-Pipe Shelf.

' N0. 208,938. Patented Oct. 15, i878.

UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFICE.

LEWIS w. TURNER, or YALESVILLE, OONNEGTIGUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PIPE SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208.938, dated October15, 1878 application filed August 26, 1878.

'H My invention relates to stove-pipe shelves;

and consists in the novel construction of the several parts of theshelf, andin the device for fastening the shelf to the pipe.

In the figures in the drawing, Ais a section of the sto ve-pipe, towhich the shelf is attached.

A strip of sheet metal, 1', Figs. 1 and 2, of the width of the piece B,Fig. 3, between the notches, is bent into a semicircular form, and itsends are fastened in the loops n, Fig. 2. Into these loops at the shortsheet-metal pieces 0 are also fastened and are free to turn in theloops. On one of the pieces 0 a series of notches are made, and on theother the eccentric w is fastened.

The strap m is made of wire and in two parts, the end of one part beingmade rectangular to fit over the notches on one of the pieces 0, and theother end being made circular to fit the groove in the eccentric w. Thetwo parts of the strap are hinged together by eyes made on the ends ofthe parts in the manner shown. The series of like elements, indicated bythe letters c and d, Fig. 1, which form the shelf proper, are made ofwire bent nearly in the form of a right-angled triangle with unequallegs. The length of the shorter leg is the distance between the notchesin the corrugated piece B, Fig. 3. The corrugations in the piece 13inclose the shorter legs of the triangular-shaped elements, and theprojections in the piece B are bent over the straight piece 0, the endsof which are attached to the loops n, and hold the piece t, piece B, andthe series of triangular-shaped elements together. The ends of thetriangular-shaped pieces are bent around a semicircular wire rim, a, anda semicircular wire rim, b, is inserted between these elements, thewires being alternately above and. below it,in the manner shown. Thenumber of these triangular-shaped parts may be varied at pleasure.

The shelf approximates a semicircle in form. When thehinged strap m isremoved, the pieces 0 will open, and the shelf can then be put on thepipe and the pieces 0 be turned against the pipe. The hinged strap m canbeput on, and will bind the shelf firmly to the pipe by turning theeccentric m.

Having described my invention and the mode of fastening it to the pipe,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1: Thestove pipe shelf consisting of the piece t, corrugated piece B, andsections of wire bent into triangular form, as described, the ends ofthe sections being attached to a semicircular ring, a, also inclosingthe semicircular ring b, and a suitable fastening device, as shown andset forth. 2. The detachable strap m, made in two parts, hingedtogether, in combination with the piece 7; and with the pieces 0, hingedto the piece 6 by the loops at, one of the said piecesobeing providedwith a'series of notches and the other piece with an eccentric, as shownand set forth.

LEWIS W. TURNER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HOPSON, ROGER M. SHERMAN.

